"A discussion of possible causes for these alignments is beyond the scope of this paper. "
The sentence abouve is followed by: "R.
Buniy et al. (2006) discuss a universe that is not spherically symmetric due to magnetic fields or
cosmic defects in the context of the CMB alignments. A large scale cosmic magnetic field acting
on protogalaxies in the early stages of galaxy formation seems to provide a possible mechanism
for explaining the elliptic and spiral spin alignments and has been proposed as a mechanism
for causing the CMB alignments by Campanelli et al. 2006."
i.e. We don't know.... i.e. but here a couple of ideas.
>There are many files that employ the hidden property (like thumbs.db).
However, by clicking "Show Hidden Files and Directories" they are made visible. This, apparently, is not. This is not OK. It allows things to be hidden from scanners and from the owner of the machine, me. That makes it malware.
>U.C. San Diego is something I've heard/read as well, but U of CA? I don't think anyone uses that.
My first thought was University of Canada, except I don't think there is one. Googling UCA gets you University of Central Arkansas. For San Diego it's either UCSD or UC San Diego. The title UC Surf is disputed with UC Santa Cruz.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
which kind of makes you Hindu as well...
Believe in Cthulhu, or he'll bite off your face and suck out your brains. What's a religion without nasty threats?
So you can not pay the judgment as long as you might possibly decide to appeal the case?
IANAL, but I hire them a lot to defend schools. Yes, this is pretty much SOP. Leaving aside that the RIAA are bottom feeding slime suckers, what they are doing is pretty standard. Winning side is awarded costs. Loser does not pay while deciding whether or not to appeal. One standard gambit is to trade a waiver of costs for no appeal. It is also standard for the winner, Foster, to demand and get an escrow of costs during appeal, as he is doing here. Appeals can be tricky, because you can generally only appeal on the law, not on the facts that have been decided at trial. This kind of thing tends to drag out a long time.
The scale is simply too big to allow meaningful data return in less than many millennia. The hypothesis is talking about exposure to the galactic bow shock wave created as the galaxy moves through the intergalactic medium. The probe would need to move significantly "up" relative to the galactic equator to measure the difference in radiation.
>Is this the right way to handle the botnet problem?
No. The right way involves castration with rusty linoleum knives, Turkish prisons, and rabid wolverines. If that doesn't work, we should quit being nice and get nasty with these folks. Seriously, this problem will not go away until people start doing some hard time, preferably with a cell mate who does not need Erct|le Member Help!
>I actually prefer the parenthetical method the GP used; it's much clearer and more intuitive in a written mode.
It is for you and me and probably most in this forum who are comfortable with math constructions like (A+B)*C != A+(B*C). It is clear, because we are used to math and programming language structures. I would argue that it is not intuitive for those not used to those forms.
I learned the comma usage I outlined above at a young age, probably sixth or seventh grade. To me, it is "intuitive", but only because it is so deeply ingrained. It is still learned usage like the parenthetical method. The rules of English grammar and punctuation are mostly clear and unambiguous. They are certainly less well-known now that they were thirty years ago. Usage is more arbitrary and inconsistent than it was. Lots of people say, "I seen," instead of "I saw" or "I have seen".
One of the attorneys I use at work is fond of saying that "words and punctuation have to mean something, or there's no point in using them." Just as programming languages have rules about ending statements with commas or semicolons or nothing, English has rules about the use of things such as punctuation and sentence structure. The placement of commas in a contract can change the meaning in ways that cost big bucks. Just as a compiler applies a set of rules to compile code, there is a set of rules to decide what language means.
You used the word "arbitrary" a couple of times. I agree that to some extent the rules are arbitrary. For example, we could just as well use two commas ",," instead of a semicolon ";". However, arbitrary does not mean inconsistent.
I largely agree with you. I do think it is important to know the rules for the sandbox you're playing in. The previous sentence is fine here, but the dangling participle wouldn't fly for me in business correspondence.
>"You can't find the origin of people by measuring the variability of their skulls," Hawks said.
Hawks seems to be arguing his conclusion. The restriction of variability through genetic bottlenecking is well known and documented in a wide variety of species. In this case the original authors are suggesting that the bottlenecking occurred as small groups migrated long distances away from the original population. The bottleneck or genetic drift occurs simply because they are small populations with only a subset of the variation of the original, larger population. As larger populations grow from these small groups, they have less variation than the original.
Mancia is arguing that if Homo sapiens had interbred with H. neandertalensis as they expanded, there would be more genetic variation and thus more variation observed in the skulls.
>"At the end of the day, a resolution to the "Out of Africa" debate may be impossible, he said. Most of the evidence can be interpreted as supporting both human-origins theories. "It's really hard to find observations that distinguish the two," Hawks said.
This is not the view of most workers in this field. Hawks is arguing for a distinctly minority point of view. Quoting from Scientific American on this: 'Physical anthropologist Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis says few experts doubt the out-of-Africa scenario in broad terms. "The issue is how much modern humans spreading out of Africa after 50,000 years ago interbred with regional groups of archaic humans, where and when"'.
Good lord! That's the biggest block of blinking text I've seen since '99!
Indeed. The op-art red text on blue background is pretty retro as well. You just don't see much of the reverse, blinking magenta text on chartreuse background thing any more...thank God.
>I hope SunnComm (now called The Amergence Group), as despicable as its own efforts were, totally owns Sony BMG.
In dealing with product liability claims, which this is, you have the right, generally, to go after anyone in the chain of commerce you want. If they think someone else is at fault, they can cross-complain. This provision is good consumer protection.
For example, let's say you bought one of the famous inferno model Mr. Coffee makers at Sears. You take it home, take it out of the box, plug it in, make coffee, and go off to the movies. The Mr. Coffee malfunctions and burns up your kitchen and maybe the rest of your house. You can make a claim for damages against Sears, where you bought it. Their defense is that they "bought it in a box and sold it in a box," made no modifications, and so have no liability. It is up to them, however, to tender the claim to Mr. Coffee. They aren't off the hook until Mr. Coffee steps in.
This can be really important if you are dealing with an overseas manufacturer. You go to Sears and buy an electronic device manufactured by a South Korean company using parts from Malaysia, Taiwan, and Bangladesh. One of those parts malfs and burns down your house. Who do you want to go after? You go to Sears and make it their problem.
In the case of Sony, the same rules apply. Now whether they knew or should have known that the product was defective is a matter for the courts to decide, but the basic rules still apply.
>One implication of this "cosmic forgetfulness," as Bojowald calls it, is that history does not repeat itself-the fundamental properties of the current era of the universe are different from the last, Bojowald explained. "It's as if the universe forgot some of its properties and acquired new properties independent of what it had before," he told SPACE.com.
So not only does God play dice, but He re-rolls to get a better attribute set.
Popcap doesn't have a lot of room to cry here. Talismania is certainly an imitation of or at least highly derivative of the old Atari 5200 game Zenji. And, Super Collapse 3 certainly seems a lot like Breakout. Maybe I just don't understand the finer points of corporate whining.
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This is why things should actually be OFF when you turn them off. What if it interferes with hospital equipment like other cells, even if it's off?
I'd say hospital equipment shouldn't malfunction when presented with interference on a widely used spectrum, but that's just me.
I figure I'll start turning my cell phone off when the doctors do.>"column stores will take over the [data] warehouse market over time, completely displacing row stores."
Hmmmm. So if I rotate my Paradox or Excel table by 90 degrees, I have achieved database coolness? Who knew it was so easy.
And yet you read this far and replied to a nested post... Slow day at work?
"A discussion of possible causes for these alignments is beyond the scope of this paper. "
The sentence abouve is followed by: "R. Buniy et al. (2006) discuss a universe that is not spherically symmetric due to magnetic fields or cosmic defects in the context of the CMB alignments. A large scale cosmic magnetic field acting on protogalaxies in the early stages of galaxy formation seems to provide a possible mechanism for explaining the elliptic and spiral spin alignments and has been proposed as a mechanism for causing the CMB alignments by Campanelli et al. 2006." i.e. We don't know.... i.e. but here a couple of ideas.
It means there is only one more service pack to go before I might consider thinking about adopting it.
No, it's not.
>There are many files that employ the hidden property (like thumbs.db).
However, by clicking "Show Hidden Files and Directories" they are made visible. This, apparently, is not. This is not OK. It allows things to be hidden from scanners and from the owner of the machine, me. That makes it malware.>U.C. San Diego is something I've heard/read as well, but U of CA? I don't think anyone uses that.
My first thought was University of Canada, except I don't think there is one. Googling UCA gets you University of Central Arkansas. For San Diego it's either UCSD or UC San Diego. The title UC Surf is disputed with UC Santa Cruz.I thought he was a Mormon nutcase.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
which kind of makes you Hindu as well...
Believe in Cthulhu, or he'll bite off your face and suck out your brains. What's a religion without nasty threats?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
IANAL, but I hire them a lot to defend schools. Yes, this is pretty much SOP. Leaving aside that the RIAA are bottom feeding slime suckers, what they are doing is pretty standard. Winning side is awarded costs. Loser does not pay while deciding whether or not to appeal. One standard gambit is to trade a waiver of costs for no appeal. It is also standard for the winner, Foster, to demand and get an escrow of costs during appeal, as he is doing here. Appeals can be tricky, because you can generally only appeal on the law, not on the facts that have been decided at trial. This kind of thing tends to drag out a long time.
Redundant. Most of that crowd is puking shortly thereafter anyway.
The scale is simply too big to allow meaningful data return in less than many millennia. The hypothesis is talking about exposure to the galactic bow shock wave created as the galaxy moves through the intergalactic medium. The probe would need to move significantly "up" relative to the galactic equator to measure the difference in radiation.
Yes, it is. See this example of how costly sloppy grammar and punctuation can be.
Drop rust on it? Actually, for those who don't know what a linoleum knife is...
>Is this the right way to handle the botnet problem?
No. The right way involves castration with rusty linoleum knives, Turkish prisons, and rabid wolverines. If that doesn't work, we should quit being nice and get nasty with these folks. Seriously, this problem will not go away until people start doing some hard time, preferably with a cell mate who does not need Erct|le Member Help!
Meh! Build the elevator and counterweights out of the moons.
>I actually prefer the parenthetical method the GP used; it's much clearer and more intuitive in a written mode.
It is for you and me and probably most in this forum who are comfortable with math constructions like (A+B)*C != A+(B*C). It is clear, because we are used to math and programming language structures. I would argue that it is not intuitive for those not used to those forms.
I learned the comma usage I outlined above at a young age, probably sixth or seventh grade. To me, it is "intuitive", but only because it is so deeply ingrained. It is still learned usage like the parenthetical method. The rules of English grammar and punctuation are mostly clear and unambiguous. They are certainly less well-known now that they were thirty years ago. Usage is more arbitrary and inconsistent than it was. Lots of people say, "I seen," instead of "I saw" or "I have seen".
One of the attorneys I use at work is fond of saying that "words and punctuation have to mean something, or there's no point in using them." Just as programming languages have rules about ending statements with commas or semicolons or nothing, English has rules about the use of things such as punctuation and sentence structure. The placement of commas in a contract can change the meaning in ways that cost big bucks. Just as a compiler applies a set of rules to compile code, there is a set of rules to decide what language means.
You used the word "arbitrary" a couple of times. I agree that to some extent the rules are arbitrary. For example, we could just as well use two commas ",," instead of a semicolon ";". However, arbitrary does not mean inconsistent.
I largely agree with you. I do think it is important to know the rules for the sandbox you're playing in. The previous sentence is fine here, but the dangling participle wouldn't fly for me in business correspondence.
gay bee fetishists = gay modifies the word bee, so we are talking about fetishists who are gay bees or into gay bees.
gay, bee fetishists = gay modifies the word fetishists, so we are talking about gay fetishists who are into bees.
It's all about the commas.
>"You can't find the origin of people by measuring the variability of their skulls," Hawks said.
Hawks seems to be arguing his conclusion. The restriction of variability through genetic bottlenecking is well known and documented in a wide variety of species. In this case the original authors are suggesting that the bottlenecking occurred as small groups migrated long distances away from the original population. The bottleneck or genetic drift occurs simply because they are small populations with only a subset of the variation of the original, larger population. As larger populations grow from these small groups, they have less variation than the original.
Mancia is arguing that if Homo sapiens had interbred with H. neandertalensis as they expanded, there would be more genetic variation and thus more variation observed in the skulls.
>"At the end of the day, a resolution to the "Out of Africa" debate may be impossible, he said. Most of the evidence can be interpreted as supporting both human-origins theories. "It's really hard to find observations that distinguish the two," Hawks said.
This is not the view of most workers in this field. Hawks is arguing for a distinctly minority point of view. Quoting from Scientific American on this: 'Physical anthropologist Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis says few experts doubt the out-of-Africa scenario in broad terms. "The issue is how much modern humans spreading out of Africa after 50,000 years ago interbred with regional groups of archaic humans, where and when"'.
Indeed. The op-art red text on blue background is pretty retro as well. You just don't see much of the reverse, blinking magenta text on chartreuse background thing any more...thank God.
>I hope SunnComm (now called The Amergence Group), as despicable as its own efforts were, totally owns Sony BMG.
In dealing with product liability claims, which this is, you have the right, generally, to go after anyone in the chain of commerce you want. If they think someone else is at fault, they can cross-complain. This provision is good consumer protection.
For example, let's say you bought one of the famous inferno model Mr. Coffee makers at Sears. You take it home, take it out of the box, plug it in, make coffee, and go off to the movies. The Mr. Coffee malfunctions and burns up your kitchen and maybe the rest of your house. You can make a claim for damages against Sears, where you bought it. Their defense is that they "bought it in a box and sold it in a box," made no modifications, and so have no liability. It is up to them, however, to tender the claim to Mr. Coffee. They aren't off the hook until Mr. Coffee steps in.
This can be really important if you are dealing with an overseas manufacturer. You go to Sears and buy an electronic device manufactured by a South Korean company using parts from Malaysia, Taiwan, and Bangladesh. One of those parts malfs and burns down your house. Who do you want to go after? You go to Sears and make it their problem.
In the case of Sony, the same rules apply. Now whether they knew or should have known that the product was defective is a matter for the courts to decide, but the basic rules still apply.
>One implication of this "cosmic forgetfulness," as Bojowald calls it, is that history does not repeat itself-the fundamental properties of the current era of the universe are different from the last, Bojowald explained. "It's as if the universe forgot some of its properties and acquired new properties independent of what it had before," he told SPACE.com.
So not only does God play dice, but He re-rolls to get a better attribute set.
Popcap doesn't have a lot of room to cry here. Talismania is certainly an imitation of or at least highly derivative of the old Atari 5200 game Zenji. And, Super Collapse 3 certainly seems a lot like Breakout. Maybe I just don't understand the finer points of corporate whining.